Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?

Autores
de la Torre, A.; Alexander, P.
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
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A significant wave activity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at midlatitudes (30-40S) above the Andes Range was recently detected from Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPS RO) temperature profiles, retrieved from SAC-C (Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientficas-C and CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) satellites. Previously, large amplitude, long vertical wavelength structures have been reported in this region, as detected from other limb-sounding devices and have been identified as mountain waves (MWs). The capability of GPS RO observations to detect typical MWs with horizontal wavelengths shorter than 150 km, as well as the proper association of the observed wave activity to mountain forcing is put in doubt. Other three possible sources are discussed. In particular, the generation of inertio-gravity waves by geostrophic adjustment near to a permanent jet situated above the mountains, may constitute another important mechanism in this region. These waves may possess longer horizontal and perhaps shorter vertical wavelengths than those typically expected in MWs and could be more easily detected from limb-sounding profiles. The "jet" mechanism will be discussed in a second paper. Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union.
Fil:de la Torre, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fil:Alexander, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fuente
Geophys. Res. Lett. 2005;32(17):1-4
Materia
Atmospheric temperature
Climatology
Global positioning system
Upper atmosphere
Weather satellites
Mountain waves
Radio occultation
Gravity waves
atmospheric wave
GPS
gravity wave
temperature profile
Andes
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
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spelling Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?de la Torre, A.Alexander, P.Atmospheric temperatureClimatologyGlobal positioning systemUpper atmosphereWeather satellitesMountain wavesRadio occultationGravity wavesatmospheric waveGPSgravity wavetemperature profileAndesSouth AmericaWestern HemisphereWorldA significant wave activity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at midlatitudes (30-40S) above the Andes Range was recently detected from Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPS RO) temperature profiles, retrieved from SAC-C (Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientficas-C and CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) satellites. Previously, large amplitude, long vertical wavelength structures have been reported in this region, as detected from other limb-sounding devices and have been identified as mountain waves (MWs). The capability of GPS RO observations to detect typical MWs with horizontal wavelengths shorter than 150 km, as well as the proper association of the observed wave activity to mountain forcing is put in doubt. Other three possible sources are discussed. In particular, the generation of inertio-gravity waves by geostrophic adjustment near to a permanent jet situated above the mountains, may constitute another important mechanism in this region. These waves may possess longer horizontal and perhaps shorter vertical wavelengths than those typically expected in MWs and could be more easily detected from limb-sounding profiles. The "jet" mechanism will be discussed in a second paper. Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union.Fil:de la Torre, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.Fil:Alexander, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.2005info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00948276_v32_n17_p1_delaTorreGeophys. Res. Lett. 2005;32(17):1-4reponame:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)instname:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturalesinstacron:UBA-FCENenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar2025-11-06T09:39:44Zpaperaa:paper_00948276_v32_n17_p1_delaTorreInstitucionalhttps://digital.bl.fcen.uba.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttps://digital.bl.fcen.uba.ar/cgi-bin/oaiserver.cgiana@bl.fcen.uba.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:18962025-11-06 09:39:45.608Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN) - Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturalesfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
title Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
spellingShingle Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
de la Torre, A.
Atmospheric temperature
Climatology
Global positioning system
Upper atmosphere
Weather satellites
Mountain waves
Radio occultation
Gravity waves
atmospheric wave
GPS
gravity wave
temperature profile
Andes
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
title_short Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
title_full Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
title_fullStr Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
title_full_unstemmed Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
title_sort Gravity waves above Andes detected from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles: Mountain forcing?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de la Torre, A.
Alexander, P.
author de la Torre, A.
author_facet de la Torre, A.
Alexander, P.
author_role author
author2 Alexander, P.
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Atmospheric temperature
Climatology
Global positioning system
Upper atmosphere
Weather satellites
Mountain waves
Radio occultation
Gravity waves
atmospheric wave
GPS
gravity wave
temperature profile
Andes
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
topic Atmospheric temperature
Climatology
Global positioning system
Upper atmosphere
Weather satellites
Mountain waves
Radio occultation
Gravity waves
atmospheric wave
GPS
gravity wave
temperature profile
Andes
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A significant wave activity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at midlatitudes (30-40S) above the Andes Range was recently detected from Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPS RO) temperature profiles, retrieved from SAC-C (Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientficas-C and CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) satellites. Previously, large amplitude, long vertical wavelength structures have been reported in this region, as detected from other limb-sounding devices and have been identified as mountain waves (MWs). The capability of GPS RO observations to detect typical MWs with horizontal wavelengths shorter than 150 km, as well as the proper association of the observed wave activity to mountain forcing is put in doubt. Other three possible sources are discussed. In particular, the generation of inertio-gravity waves by geostrophic adjustment near to a permanent jet situated above the mountains, may constitute another important mechanism in this region. These waves may possess longer horizontal and perhaps shorter vertical wavelengths than those typically expected in MWs and could be more easily detected from limb-sounding profiles. The "jet" mechanism will be discussed in a second paper. Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union.
Fil:de la Torre, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fil:Alexander, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
description A significant wave activity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at midlatitudes (30-40S) above the Andes Range was recently detected from Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPS RO) temperature profiles, retrieved from SAC-C (Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientficas-C and CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) satellites. Previously, large amplitude, long vertical wavelength structures have been reported in this region, as detected from other limb-sounding devices and have been identified as mountain waves (MWs). The capability of GPS RO observations to detect typical MWs with horizontal wavelengths shorter than 150 km, as well as the proper association of the observed wave activity to mountain forcing is put in doubt. Other three possible sources are discussed. In particular, the generation of inertio-gravity waves by geostrophic adjustment near to a permanent jet situated above the mountains, may constitute another important mechanism in this region. These waves may possess longer horizontal and perhaps shorter vertical wavelengths than those typically expected in MWs and could be more easily detected from limb-sounding profiles. The "jet" mechanism will be discussed in a second paper. Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union.
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